Cormac Duffy
@cormacduffy.bsky.social
Landscapes and Lidar. Climate change and heritage. PhD Cistercian landscapes in medieval Ulster.
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Join us on Thurs 24 Sept for an evening of Archaeology:
🔍 Prehistoric Ireland: In-Gallery Talk (5pm)
🏆 Late Evening Archaeology Discovery Tour (6.30pm)
📍 National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street
🎟️ Free | Drop-in
museum.ie/en-IE/News/Dublin-by-Dusk-at-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland
#DublinByDusk
🔍 Prehistoric Ireland: In-Gallery Talk (5pm)
🏆 Late Evening Archaeology Discovery Tour (6.30pm)
📍 National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street
🎟️ Free | Drop-in
museum.ie/en-IE/News/Dublin-by-Dusk-at-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland
#DublinByDusk
September 23, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Join us on Thurs 24 Sept for an evening of Archaeology:
🔍 Prehistoric Ireland: In-Gallery Talk (5pm)
🏆 Late Evening Archaeology Discovery Tour (6.30pm)
📍 National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street
🎟️ Free | Drop-in
museum.ie/en-IE/News/Dublin-by-Dusk-at-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland
#DublinByDusk
🔍 Prehistoric Ireland: In-Gallery Talk (5pm)
🏆 Late Evening Archaeology Discovery Tour (6.30pm)
📍 National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street
🎟️ Free | Drop-in
museum.ie/en-IE/News/Dublin-by-Dusk-at-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland
#DublinByDusk
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Delighted to see this joint publication shared by the @nationalmons.bsky.social. The Discovery Programme was pleased to work alongside colleagues and partners on this important contribution to our understanding of the potential impacts of climate change on Ireland's past. 👇
National Heritage Risk Mapping
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This report is a joint publication of the Discovery Programme, and the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage.
#ClimateActionIRL
#HeritageWellbeing
#ProtectOurPast
Copyright and Photo Credit ©Photographic Archive, NMS
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
This report is a joint publication of the Discovery Programme, and the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage.
#ClimateActionIRL
#HeritageWellbeing
#ProtectOurPast
Copyright and Photo Credit ©Photographic Archive, NMS
August 21, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Delighted to see this joint publication shared by the @nationalmons.bsky.social. The Discovery Programme was pleased to work alongside colleagues and partners on this important contribution to our understanding of the potential impacts of climate change on Ireland's past. 👇
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🔔 Discover the story of the medieval Howth Bells as part of #DublinByDusk
Join archaeologist Sharon Weadick for a fascinating evening talk exploring the history of the magnificent Howth Bells
📅 Thursday 27 August
🕔 5pm
📍 National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Join archaeologist Sharon Weadick for a fascinating evening talk exploring the history of the magnificent Howth Bells
📅 Thursday 27 August
🕔 5pm
📍 National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
August 21, 2026 at 10:41 AM
🔔 Discover the story of the medieval Howth Bells as part of #DublinByDusk
Join archaeologist Sharon Weadick for a fascinating evening talk exploring the history of the magnificent Howth Bells
📅 Thursday 27 August
🕔 5pm
📍 National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Join archaeologist Sharon Weadick for a fascinating evening talk exploring the history of the magnificent Howth Bells
📅 Thursday 27 August
🕔 5pm
📍 National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Delighted to see the project I was involved in with @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social in a joint project with @nationalmons.bsky.social published today. ##climateheritage #climateeiretage
National Heritage Risk Mapping
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
This report is a joint publication of the Discovery Programme, and the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage.
#ClimateActionIRL
#HeritageWellbeing
#ProtectOurPast
Copyright and Photo Credit ©Photographic Archive, NMS
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
This report is a joint publication of the Discovery Programme, and the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage.
#ClimateActionIRL
#HeritageWellbeing
#ProtectOurPast
Copyright and Photo Credit ©Photographic Archive, NMS
August 21, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Delighted to see the project I was involved in with @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social in a joint project with @nationalmons.bsky.social published today. ##climateheritage #climateeiretage
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📚Newly catalogued: The George Eogan Library
Former Museum Librarian Connie Bettison reflects on cataloguing Prof. George Eogan’s working library-2,000+ archaeology books & journals in the National Museum of Ireland Library
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
#Archaeology #MuseumLibrary #RegistrationCorner
Former Museum Librarian Connie Bettison reflects on cataloguing Prof. George Eogan’s working library-2,000+ archaeology books & journals in the National Museum of Ireland Library
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
#Archaeology #MuseumLibrary #RegistrationCorner
April 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM
📚Newly catalogued: The George Eogan Library
Former Museum Librarian Connie Bettison reflects on cataloguing Prof. George Eogan’s working library-2,000+ archaeology books & journals in the National Museum of Ireland Library
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
#Archaeology #MuseumLibrary #RegistrationCorner
Former Museum Librarian Connie Bettison reflects on cataloguing Prof. George Eogan’s working library-2,000+ archaeology books & journals in the National Museum of Ireland Library
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
#Archaeology #MuseumLibrary #RegistrationCorner
We had the pleasure of visiting the Rock of Cashel this week on a family trip and seeing first hand the conservation and monitoring work happening in Cormac's Chapel. We were luck enough to arrive at a quiet time and get a tour of the site. #climateheritage #climateiretage
February 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
We had the pleasure of visiting the Rock of Cashel this week on a family trip and seeing first hand the conservation and monitoring work happening in Cormac's Chapel. We were luck enough to arrive at a quiet time and get a tour of the site. #climateheritage #climateiretage
I was extremely proud to be part of the development team for this.
📢Last month the second iteration of the Built and Archaeological Heritage Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan (B&AH-SAP) was approved by Government and introduced to stakeholders.
Read more tinyurl.com/276weh4y
#ClimatEireitage #ClimateAction #ClimateAdaptation
@nbhsireland.bsky.social
Read more tinyurl.com/276weh4y
#ClimatEireitage #ClimateAction #ClimateAdaptation
@nbhsireland.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I was extremely proud to be part of the development team for this.
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We’re nominated for Research Project of the Year! 🎉
Vote for Words on the Wave and help us celebrate Ireland’s medieval heritage:
👉 www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/V...
#MedievalIreland #IrishArchaeology
Vote for Words on the Wave and help us celebrate Ireland’s medieval heritage:
👉 www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/V...
#MedievalIreland #IrishArchaeology
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We’re nominated for Research Project of the Year! 🎉
Vote for Words on the Wave and help us celebrate Ireland’s medieval heritage:
👉 www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/V...
#MedievalIreland #IrishArchaeology
Vote for Words on the Wave and help us celebrate Ireland’s medieval heritage:
👉 www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/V...
#MedievalIreland #IrishArchaeology
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Announcing the 1st workshop of the 'Tara by Name, Tara by Nature' @researchireland.ie-funded project with Abarta Heritage!
Where: Portaferry Recreation Hub, Co. Down
When: Tuesday 18 Nov 7pm
All welcome! The workshop will explore evidence linking places in Ards Peninsula to Hill of Tara, Co. Meath
Where: Portaferry Recreation Hub, Co. Down
When: Tuesday 18 Nov 7pm
All welcome! The workshop will explore evidence linking places in Ards Peninsula to Hill of Tara, Co. Meath
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Announcing the 1st workshop of the 'Tara by Name, Tara by Nature' @researchireland.ie-funded project with Abarta Heritage!
Where: Portaferry Recreation Hub, Co. Down
When: Tuesday 18 Nov 7pm
All welcome! The workshop will explore evidence linking places in Ards Peninsula to Hill of Tara, Co. Meath
Where: Portaferry Recreation Hub, Co. Down
When: Tuesday 18 Nov 7pm
All welcome! The workshop will explore evidence linking places in Ards Peninsula to Hill of Tara, Co. Meath
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linenhall.com/event/place-... save the date!
Place-naming and Place-sharing in Northern Ireland - The Linen Hall, Belfast
As part of the celebrations for Oireachtas na Samhna, The Linen Hall is delighted to welcome Professor Mícheál Ó Mainnín, Dr Frances Kane, and Dr Brian Devlin for a fascinating talk on the history and...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Families Join us for an Open Day: Words on the Wave – Ireland & St. Gallen exhibition
🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00
📍 NMI, Kildare St
Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
🎟️ Free admission
museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00
📍 NMI, Kildare St
Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
🎟️ Free admission
museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
September 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Families Join us for an Open Day: Words on the Wave – Ireland & St. Gallen exhibition
🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00
📍 NMI, Kildare St
Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
🎟️ Free admission
museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00
📍 NMI, Kildare St
Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
🎟️ Free admission
museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
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Hello friends! I'm doing a *free* online talk about Filthy Queens and the history of Beer in Ireland for the Dublin Festival of History on Sept 30th from 5pm IST. All welcome. Hope to see some of you there!
Link to register: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/filthy...
Link to register: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/filthy...
Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland – Dublin Festival of History
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September 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Hello friends! I'm doing a *free* online talk about Filthy Queens and the history of Beer in Ireland for the Dublin Festival of History on Sept 30th from 5pm IST. All welcome. Hope to see some of you there!
Link to register: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/filthy...
Link to register: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/filthy...
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6/6 The Lough Kinale Shrine reconstructed!
Ireland’s oldest & largest Book Shrine was broken in the medieval period & the pieces left in a lake
Now, Discovery Programme has used 3D modelling to digitally reconstruct it with @nmireland.bsky.social for #wordsonthewave exhibition:
@heritagecouncil.ie
Ireland’s oldest & largest Book Shrine was broken in the medieval period & the pieces left in a lake
Now, Discovery Programme has used 3D modelling to digitally reconstruct it with @nmireland.bsky.social for #wordsonthewave exhibition:
@heritagecouncil.ie
September 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
6/6 The Lough Kinale Shrine reconstructed!
Ireland’s oldest & largest Book Shrine was broken in the medieval period & the pieces left in a lake
Now, Discovery Programme has used 3D modelling to digitally reconstruct it with @nmireland.bsky.social for #wordsonthewave exhibition:
@heritagecouncil.ie
Ireland’s oldest & largest Book Shrine was broken in the medieval period & the pieces left in a lake
Now, Discovery Programme has used 3D modelling to digitally reconstruct it with @nmireland.bsky.social for #wordsonthewave exhibition:
@heritagecouncil.ie
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One of the highlights of Words on the Wave at @NMIreland is Cod. Sang. 51—an 8th-c. Irish Gospel book with rare depictions of the Crucifixion & Second Coming. On display until 24 Oct. 🕊️
More: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
More: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
September 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
One of the highlights of Words on the Wave at @NMIreland is Cod. Sang. 51—an 8th-c. Irish Gospel book with rare depictions of the Crucifixion & Second Coming. On display until 24 Oct. 🕊️
More: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
More: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
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Make Your Thursdays Count!
Looking for something different after work?
🕔 The National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street is open late on Thurs 11 & 18 Sept until 8 PM.
✨ Discover the stunning Words on the Wave exhibition
📍 Free entry, no booking needed.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/L...
Looking for something different after work?
🕔 The National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street is open late on Thurs 11 & 18 Sept until 8 PM.
✨ Discover the stunning Words on the Wave exhibition
📍 Free entry, no booking needed.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/L...
September 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Make Your Thursdays Count!
Looking for something different after work?
🕔 The National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street is open late on Thurs 11 & 18 Sept until 8 PM.
✨ Discover the stunning Words on the Wave exhibition
📍 Free entry, no booking needed.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/L...
Looking for something different after work?
🕔 The National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street is open late on Thurs 11 & 18 Sept until 8 PM.
✨ Discover the stunning Words on the Wave exhibition
📍 Free entry, no booking needed.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/L...
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Hut site and cairns in the eroding sand dunes on the Doorin Point survey. @cormacduffy.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Hut site and cairns in the eroding sand dunes on the Doorin Point survey. @cormacduffy.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social
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Eroding shell middens recorded surveying around Doorin Point, Donegal. @cormacduffy.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Eroding shell middens recorded surveying around Doorin Point, Donegal. @cormacduffy.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social
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Checking out the erratics used as land marks, place names, fossils and rock formations on the foreshore around Doorin Point promontory fort in Donegal @cormacduffy.bsky.social #Riagrants @ria.ie @nationalmons.bsky.social @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Checking out the erratics used as land marks, place names, fossils and rock formations on the foreshore around Doorin Point promontory fort in Donegal @cormacduffy.bsky.social #Riagrants @ria.ie @nationalmons.bsky.social @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social
This was a really cool find on the recent survey, tracks running for over 500m across the intertidal zone. #climateiretage
Traces of a cart track running along the intertidal zone was recorded on the Doorin Point survey, Donegal @cormacduffy.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #Riagrants @ria.ie funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This was a really cool find on the recent survey, tracks running for over 500m across the intertidal zone. #climateiretage
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Erosion cut through a stream making a new waterfall with the original now dry valley on the townland boundary seen further south. Doorin Point in Donegal @cormacduffy.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Erosion cut through a stream making a new waterfall with the original now dry valley on the townland boundary seen further south. Doorin Point in Donegal @cormacduffy.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social
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New research from @oxmartinschool.bsky.social and @smithschool.ox.ac.uk shows policymakers are seriously underestimating how willing the public is to step up on climate action.
Read more ⬇️ #OxfordClimate
Read more ⬇️ #OxfordClimate
Oxford researchers find policymakers underestimate public support for
New research by University of Oxford researchers from the Institute of New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, Saïd Business School and Smith School of Enterprise and Environment finds
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August 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New research from @oxmartinschool.bsky.social and @smithschool.ox.ac.uk shows policymakers are seriously underestimating how willing the public is to step up on climate action.
Read more ⬇️ #OxfordClimate
Read more ⬇️ #OxfordClimate
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Good start finding submerged forests and old landing places. Looking forward to going around the promontory fort on Doorin Point when continue in a couple of weeks #RIAgrants @ria.ie @nationalmons.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Good start finding submerged forests and old landing places. Looking forward to going around the promontory fort on Doorin Point when continue in a couple of weeks #RIAgrants @ria.ie @nationalmons.bsky.social
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For those who caught the @rteone.rte.ie coverage of our work on eroding archaeology on the Copper Coast & would like to know more, check out this tour of Illaunobrick Promontory Fort from our Maritime Archaeologist Dr @edwardpollard.bsky.social:
youtu.be/34KhLwKwTHc?...
@heritagecouncil.ie
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@heritagecouncil.ie
Tour of Illaunobrick Iron Age Promontory Fort
YouTube video by The Discovery Programme
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July 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
For those who caught the @rteone.rte.ie coverage of our work on eroding archaeology on the Copper Coast & would like to know more, check out this tour of Illaunobrick Promontory Fort from our Maritime Archaeologist Dr @edwardpollard.bsky.social:
youtu.be/34KhLwKwTHc?...
@heritagecouncil.ie
youtu.be/34KhLwKwTHc?...
@heritagecouncil.ie